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Logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.
Logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.

Celebrating Filipino-Canadian Celebrating Filipino-Canadian

storytelling & culture in an inaugural Vancouver book festival.

A woman with dark hair, wearing a red top, black pants and red shoes, smiling and in a lounging pose on top of the trunk of a red car, leaning on her right elbow, with left arm bent, hand behind her head.

Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch exhibition

Now till Mon, Feb. 17, 2025: Vancouver Art Gallery hosts Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, the first major retrospective of the award-winning Mohawk multimedia artist’s work. Created with sharp humour & irony, often using pop culture references, her photography, film, painting, installation, sculpture & mixed media works highlight themes that hold deep meaning for her: Matriarchy, Past is Present, Actors & Family Relations.

Recurring event: A long wooden table in the centre of a shop, set with vintage typewriters and red folding chairs.

Regional Assembly of Text: Monthly Letter Writing Club

Back by popular demand! The first Thursday of every month: Join The Regional Assembly of Text at their Vancouver shop for their monthly letter writing club. This free event is open to everyone, especially those who love writing & receiving letters. Supplies, including typewriters, & refreshments provided. Each event has two sessions of 18 people each – first come, first served.

Past event: Greyed out image of the logo for the Vancouver Filipino-Canadian Book Festival, featuring the initials FCBF, set in a 4-part grid in purple font against a lavender background with mustard yellow decorative embellishments.

Filipino-Canadian Book Festival 

PAST EVENT: Three days only – Fri, July 12 to Sun, July 14, 2024: Massy Arts Society, Sampaguita Press & PilipinxPages present the inaugural Filipino-Canadian Book Festival. This event features a keynote from award-winning author & screenwriter Catherine Hernandez; book signings & panel talks; workshops; open mic readings showcasing emerging & established literary talent; plus a youth event.